The Medicine Man's Visit- Word / meanings.

Once the fire started crackling, he flung in packets of flowers.

• sharp sound

• low sound

• crying

The man merely snatched it out of Lila's hand.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• loosen

• free

• drop

• to pull something quickly.

What is the synonym (same meaning) of the underlined word?

Medical man was preceded by a little cow.

• unable to walk

• to walk after something

• to go before something.

• to be at the end

The girls shivered slightly when they heard him approach.

• to come near

• to go far

• to vanish

• to shout

He wanted fresh and tender grass for his cow.

Infer the meaning of the word 'tender' from the sentence.

• hard to chew

• easy to chew

• rough

• tough

The sisters heard the throbbing of the drum and the long eerie blasts on the trumpet.

• strange and mysterious

• normal

• funny

When the fire had died down, he poked at it with a stick.

What is the synonym of died down.

• flow

• very powerful

• very active

• become less powerful

The expression on her face was a mixture of dazed desire and amazement.

• clear headed

• very confused and unable to think clearly

• energetic

• clear thinking

What does 'astonishment' mean in the sentence below?

A crowd watched in astonishment as he jumped from the bridge.

• very great surprise

• absence of wonder

• boring

• dull

He wanted a particular kind of wood.

• special

• normal

• regular

• ordinary